... and animal welfare labels did not positively influence consumer ratings suggesting possible scepticism towards these claims. Organic-labelled products received higher mentions of sustainability, welfare and quality but also more negative sentiment, indicating that organic consumers may be more critical...

...–supplier relationships of five organic food companies from three different sectors. The research was developed with data collected in 2022 through qualitative research interviews and analysed using a structured content analysis. A practitioner workshop served to complement findings and confirm...

...Lucia Espinosa-Brisset; Caroline Pénicaud; Isabelle Souchon; Anne Saint-Eve Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand consumer's familiarity with fruit processing as well as how fruit production conditions (organic and conventional farming), processing conditions (homemade...

...Alice Stiletto; Samuele Trestini Purpose Using a generic cheese as an anchor product, in this study consumers' preferences for different EU quality schemes have been investigated. Specifically, the study aims to understand whether “Protected Designation of Origin” (PDO), “Organic” and “Mountain...

...). Adekunle Oke can be contacted at: a.oke1@rgu.ac.uk 28 10 2019 24 01 2020 25 03 2020 29 03 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Ethical Sustainability Consumer Behaviour Food Consumption Organic Supply...

... by consumers as critical for socially desirable answering. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap, at least for young consumers in a case study with organic fruit. Design/methodology/approach In total, 143 under-30 respondents were involved in an FSE. Each respondent evaluated six hypothetical...

... of organic foods exerted a particularly significant impact on one’s belonging to the group which has, in general, no additional WTP for locally produced feed. Originality/value Consumers’ perception of the supply chain of local products is virtually unexplored. This is one of the first papers that take...

...Nguyen H.D. My; Ellen J. Van Loo; Pieter Rutsaert; Tran Huu Tuan; Wim Verbeke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumers’ willingness to pay for quality rice attributes in urban areas in the South of Vietnam, including organic and integrated pest management (IPM) as sustainable...

...Alexander Schjøll; Frode Alfnes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and discuss methodology issues in menu-labelling experiments in commercial full-service restaurants, and to investigate how the menu description and price affects customers’ choice of an organic veal entrée...

...Faical Akaichi; Cesar Revoredo-Giha Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess Scottish consumers’ demand for animal welfare and organic pork. The paper also tried to answer the following questions: first, are animal-friendly pork and organic-pork complements or substitutes (competing...

...Irma Tikkanen Purpose – This paper aims to describe the transformation towards consuming local and organic food (LOF) in the catering of a rural town. Product development cooperation, procurement, consumption, and prices are illustrated. Achieved local, social and environmental benefits...

...Rodolfo Bernabéu; Antonio Tendero; Miguel Olmeda Purpose This study measures the degree of influence that attributes such as price, organic production, origin and commercial type have on Spanish consumers when purchasing lamb meat, while also analysing various lamb meat differentiation strategies...

... for sustainable consumption and production (CEC, 1999 ; EC, 2005 ; Council of the European Union, 2007), whereby particularly public catering is addressed to use local, organic and seasonal food (CEC, 2004 ; European Commission GPP Training Toolkit, 2009). The Nordic countries share these developments...

...Joris Aertsens; Koen Mondelaers; Wim Verbeke; Jeroen Buysse; Guido Van Huylenbroeck Purpose Although the organic market has expanded in recent years, it remains small. Some researchers argue that consumers' lack of knowledge concerning organic food is an important factor slowing down growth...